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(NoModeL) V A. F. SHOREY.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

Patented Jul 19,1881,

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Witnesses,-

N. FEIERS, mmulhu n mr. Washington. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBRO F. SHOREY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO LUOlEN SANDERSON,OF SAME PLACE.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,678, dated July IApplication filed May 21, 1881. (No model.)

Io all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, ALBRQ F. SHOREY, ofBoston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Bill-Files, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and convenientbill-file and letter-holder, in which any paper on file may be removedtherefrom without removing the one on top, or those subsequently placedon the file; and it consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of a clasping spring or springs, whereby the wire hook orhooks may be held open when a paper is being placed on file or beingremoved therefrom; and also to hold the said hook or hooks and theircounterparts closed, so as to permit the papers on tile to be-slipped orpassed over the connecting ends of the said hooks when removing papersfrom the file, as heretofore.

Figure 1 represents a perspective-View of a bill-file constructedaccording to my invention, the hook or books being shown in an openposition within the springs.

resents a similar view of the same, constructed with a single hookclosed and in position within the spring.

A represents a back piece, constructed of wood or any suitable material,provided near its upper end with a hole whereby the file may be hungupon the wall, if desired.

Fig. 2 rep-- B represents a bent or curved wire spring, being forked orprovided with two prongs curved outward at their free ends, and adaptedto pass each side of the wire hook 0 when it is raised up from thepointed projecting pin or holder E, as shown in Fig. 1, wherein the saiddouble spring B yields or opens to receive the body of said hook O,which is extended through an openin gin the back A, and fitted within ahorizontal groove and secured so as to permit it to turn as a hinge,pivot, or joint, thus allowing the free opening and closing of the saidhook or hooks, and wherein I construct two hooks to a single file. Thewire is so bent and formed as to pass across the back of the file, asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, thus connecting both hooks O Otogether; or, if desired, they may be formed single, as shown in Fig. 2,and secured, one or more, upon the back A, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is' The combination ofthe double-pronged claspspring B with the pivoted hook G, pin=holder E,and back A, all being constructed and arranged substantially as shownand described, as and for the purposes set forth.

ALBRO F. SHOREY.

Witnesses? SYLVENUs WALKER, O. W. SoULE.

